Crosskirk, St Mary's Well
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Crosskirk, St Mary's Well
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7838
Site Number ND06NW 17
NGR ND 0243 6979
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7838
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND06NW 17 0243 6979
(ND 0243 6979) St Mary's Well (NR)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907).
See also ND07SW 1.
St Mary's Well, a natural spring whose waters are regarded as medicinal, lies in a natural hollow in the rock and is allegedly the holy well belonging to the chapel noted on ND07SW 1.
O S Name Book 1873.
This spring, still known locally as St Mary's Well, is lined with stone slabs and is approximately 1.0m deep. It is now used as a cattle trough.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 28 October 1964.
St Mary's Well is dry and in a dilapidated condition.
Visited by OS (J B) 28 August 1981.
